Alberta Liabilities Disclosure Project

• Report calls for public takeover of old Alberta oil and gas wells to fund their cleanup

  The report by the Alberta Liabilities Disclosure Project recommends a public agency be formed to step in to operate those wells and use the revenues to fund reclamation.

  Environment

  Jun 29, 2021
  
• Easing rules on transfer of unreclaimed oil wells could speed cleanup, study finds

  The Canada West Foundation says that could include allowing companies to sell off defunct energy infrastructure without completely cleaning it up. 

  Economy

  Apr 26, 2021
  
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• Alberta landowners and legal experts criticize well cleanup bill

  Landowners and legal experts say Alberta's hastily passed bill to help clean up the province's huge stockpile of abandoned energy facilities harms property rights without addressing why the problem exists in the first place.

  Environment

  Apr 8, 2020
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• Former Alberta politician on tax strike over unpaid property taxes from oil companies to municipalities

  A former member of the Alberta legislature says he won't pay his provincial taxes until oil patch players pay theirs.

  Economy

  Jan 22, 2020
• Alberta oil and gas producer cleanup cost estimates set too low, coalition says

  The Alberta Liabilities Disclosure Project said the province's largest oil and gas companies are underestimating how much it will cost to clean up thousands of oil and gas wells drilled over past decades.

  Environment

  Jul 18, 2019
• ‘Ticking time bomb:’ Alberta group wants aging oil wells to be election issue

  A coalition of Alberta landowners, researchers and former regulators says it could cost as much as $70 billion to clean up more than 300,000 orphan oil and gas wells in Alberta.

  Apr 8, 2019